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ArtCurious Podcast

Episode #71: Art Auction Audacity-- Cézanne's The Card Players (Season 8, Episode 3)

ArtCurious Podcast

ArtCurious

Arts, History, Visual Arts

4.8847 Ratings

🗓️ 9 November 2020

⏱️ 29 minutes

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In our eighth season, we’re exploring examples of some of the most expensive artworks ever sold at auction considering why they garnered so much money, and discovering their backstories. Today: Paul Cézanne’s The Card Players. Please SUBSCRIBE and REVIEW our show on Apple Podcasts! Twitter / Facebook/ Instagram SPONSORS: The Great Courses Plus: Get free access to their entire library with my special link! Indeed: ArtCurious listeners get a FREE $75 CREDIT to boost job posts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Anchorlightrolly.com. For better or for worse, there's that list of big-name artists that everyone in museums clamors for.

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A list of the folks who will draw in the crowds, the ones that the general public will know, will be familiar with, will want to see.

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for example, that they aren't necessarily easy to come by. There's not a lot of them just

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lying around waiting to be snatched up. And even if there were, it likely wouldn't be for pennies on

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the dollar. Art is just expensive. And even with million-dollar acquisition funds available, how many museums

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